Google Cloud Logging
Centralized log management for real-time insights, analysis, and troubleshooting.
Overview
Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that performs at scale and can ingest application and platform log data, as well as custom log data from GKE environments, VMs, and other services. It allows you to analyze and create alerts on log data and export it to other destinations.
✨ Key Features
- Real-time log ingestion and analysis
- Logs Explorer for powerful querying
- Log-based metrics and alerting
- Logs Router for exporting to BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub
- Error Reporting for automatic exception analysis
- Log Analytics powered by BigQuery
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Deep integration with all GCP services
- Log Analytics powered by BigQuery's SQL engine
- Scalability and performance of Google's infrastructure
Unique Value: Provides a unified, scalable, and powerful platform for all logging needs within Google Cloud, from ingestion to analysis and alerting.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Aggregating logs from thousands of VMs for centralized analysis.
- Creating alerts for critical application errors to reduce MTTR.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Primary time-series metric storage (better suited for Cloud Monitoring)
🏆 Alternatives
Offers seamless, out-of-the-box integration with GCP services, eliminating the need for complex agent configuration and providing a single pane of glass for observability.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Premium Support tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 90-day free trial
Free tier: First 50 GiB of log ingestion per project per month is free.
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